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TIL that there are no commercial king crab farming operations because, in part, these crabs go through a violently cannibalistic adolescence and have to be housed individually to survive it, which is too expensive large scale.

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awA69 TIL Mexico's official name is 'United Mexican States' and it has 31 states.
GvG1 TIL Pamela Anderson is Canada’s “Centennial Baby”, having been the first baby born on July 1, 1967, the 100th anniversary of Canada’s official founding
Bg1Yx TIL about the Haymarket Affair, an 1886 incident in Chicago where labors striking for an 8hr workday were dispersed by police w force, killing a protestor. In response at the next rally, a protestor threw TNT at the cops, killing several w several more on both sides dying in the ensuing gunfight.
WkNmN TIL beekeepers are advised not to eat bananas due to their smell making bees agressive because it releases the same pheromones that alert bees to attack
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